Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash The roads of New York City see an average of 4.4 million vehicles and more than 500 car accidents on any one 1 2 given day. Naturally, during any normal year, the New York Police Department (NYPD) already struggled to get to the...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash What You Need to Know as an Employee With each passing month of summer this year, the new, hyper-contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has continued rapidly spreading across the nation and New York State, and it has caused an increasing...
EEOC Guidance: Can Your Employer Require You to Take a COVID-19 Vaccine?
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Although the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is still rampaging the nation, the end of the horrific pandemic this virus has caused is finally within sight, thanks to the nationwide approval of not one, but two, highly effective...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in 2020: What It Can Look Like & What You Can Do If You’re Experiencing It
Photo by Mihai Surdu on Unsplash Although Sexual Harassment in the workplace has been illegal nationwide since the passage of § 701 or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”),1 Sexual Harassment is still prevalent in the majority of workplaces in 2020....
Rideshare Car Accidents: Who’s Responsible & What YOU Should Do
Photo by Shalvee Jodagee on Unsplash Even if you have personally utilized one of the above rideshare companies, there is almost a 100% chance you have driven alongside drivers for these companies on the streets of New York City. This is because there are literally...
Protections for Victims of Construction Site Accidents in New York
Photo by Heye Jensen on Unsplash There is no denying that construction can be a dangerous line of work, but this is especially true here in New York, home to one of the most robust construction industries in the country. According to a report issued by the New York...
“COVID-19 Layoffs” – The New Pretext for Unlawful Workplace Discrimination
Photo by Vladimir Fedotov on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it. As we surely all know from living through this crazy year, the novel coronavirus has impacted almost every norm of daily life that existed pre-COVID-19, both on an...
Injured? Why Consistent Treatment and Medical Records Are So Important
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash New York City is a tough place, but New Yorkers are even tougher. Here in New York, we are proud to be tough; we are ‘New York Tough!’ But our toughness is not such a good thing after a car accident. One of the worst things a New...
In a Car Accident with an Uninsured or Underinsured Car in New York State?
Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash Being involved in a car accident in New York City can be terrifying – but especially when the other driver you collided with does not have car insurance. If you find yourself in this situation – whether you are the insured...
How to Read Your New York Accident Report
Photo by C Joyful on Unsplash After being involved in a car accident in New York, you will receive an accident form drafted by the police officer who investigated your accident. The accident form is officially called a “New York State Department of Motor Vehicles...
The Severity of Emotional Distress After a Car Accident
Photo by Christian Erfurt on Unsplash What is Emotional Distress? Emotional distress is seen as mental suffering as an emotional response to an experience that is aroused by the memory of the event, occurrence, or patterns of a specific event or condition. Symptoms of...
Electric Vehicles (EV): Helping Re-Shape New York City
Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash Throughout the years, for drivers and the environment, electric vehicles have become increasingly popular. Electric vehicles (EV) mainly run on electric energy and just like vehicles that use fossil fuels, whether that be diesel or...
Construction Sites in New York: Dangers, Liability, and Improvements
Photo by Bruno Kelzer on Unsplash Although construction workers make up only 5% of New York City’s workforce, they account for 27% of work-related injury fatalities. Many construction projects are not always corporate, prominent skyscrapers, but in homes and...
‘Ghost Cars’: The Threat of Fake and Illegal License Plates to New Yorkers
Photo by v2osk on Unsplash What Are Ghost Cars? Ghost cars are vehicles with illegal, fake license plates that have become a rapid issue in New York City over the last few months. The NYPD and Sheriff’s Office will tow and potentially auction off cars with fraudulent...
Improving the safety of New York City’s streets and traffic
Photo by Connor Williams on Unsplash With the high volume of people living, or visiting New York City, comes the high volume of motor vehicle accidents. Every year approximately 3,000 New Yorkers are struck by a motor vehicle, and more than 200 are killed yearly due...
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